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Iraq
Iraqi regulars, militia kill 70 bad guys near Haditha
2016-01-12
(IraqiNews.com) al-Anbar – The commander of the army’s 7th brigade, Maj. Gen. Nouman al-Zubai, announced on Monday liberating the area of al-Sha’i north of Haditha District.

Zubai said in a brief statement received by IraqiNews.com, “A force from the army’s 7th brigade, backed by tribal fighters, had managed to liberate the area of al-Sha’i northwest of Bruwana north of Haditha District from the ISIS control,” pointing out that, “The forces managed to killed around 70 elements of the organization, in addition to destroying 7 vehicles for them during the liberation operation.”

40 ISIS Bad Guys die in Anbar

(IraqiNews.com) Anbar – On Monday, a source in Anbar Operations Command announced, that 40 ISIS member including prominent leaders in aerial bombardment were killed while trying to escape to the north of the city of Ramadi.

The source said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “The Iraqi Army Aviation shelled a convoy of 20 vehicles and equipped with machine guns for ISIS when they tried to escape from al-Sofiya area to the Albu Obaid area north of Ramadi, killing over 40 elements of the organization including prominent leaders.”

The source added, “The operation was carried out based on accurate intelligence information that indicated to the presence of large numbers of ISIS elements including prominent leaders who are planning to escape to the north of Ramadi.”

Security forces liberate Sakran area

(IraqiNews.com) Anbar – On Monday, Haditha Mayor Mabrouk Hameed announced the liberation of al-Sakran area northwest of Barwana in Haditha District west of Anbar, while pointed out that dozens of ISIS elements were killed.

Hameed said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “The security forces in cooperation of the tribes managed to liberate al-Sakran area (14 Km northwest of Barwana), while raise the Iraqi flag above one of the area’s buildings.”

“The area was liberated after a number of confrontations between the security forces backed by the Iraqi tribes and the ISIS organization,” adding that, “These confrontations resulted in the killing of dozens of ISIS elements.”
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